#giant mesquite bug

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Simplified bug #7 Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus)

request by @squingy

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The Nine of Antennae card stands as a testament to resilience and the unwavering spirit in the face of adversity. It portrays a figure who, despite being wearied by life's trials, clings to their defenses, a sentinel guarding their realm. This card embodies themes of endurance, perseverance, and the courage to face challenges head-on. In this light, the Giant Mesquite Bug provides an insightful parallel. These distinctive insects inhabit the arid landscapes of the American Southwest, navigating a harsh environment where sustenance is scarce. Despite their challenges, they embody tenacity, serving as a testament to adaptation. Challenges are an integral part of life. Our resilience can be our greatest asset. The Nine of Antennae encourages us to draw strength from our experiences, to bear our scars with pride, and to stand tall when the odds appear insurmountable. Even in the most challenging landscapes of life, our tenacity and determination can guide us through to brighter horizons.

The Giant Mesquite Bug embodies the wisdom of using nature's offerings to survive and thrive. When threatened, the nymphs unleash noxious chemicals acquired from plants in their surroundings. Their ability to produce these compounds stems from a symbiotic partnership with a species of gut bacteria, underscoring the power of collaboration and mutual support. Additionally, these chemicals also serve as a means of communication. They function as pheromones, guiding these insects to form gatherings or disperse, a reminder that unity is essential for both survival and growth. Just as the Nine of Antennae underscores the idea of seeking help when needed, the bug's reliance on symbiosis teaches us the strength found in alliances and mutual assistance.

Ultimately, this duo teaches us to fortify our defenses in the face of adversity, draw strength from our inner resources, and embrace the power of collaboration. By applying these lessons, we too can weather life's challenges with resilience and emerge stronger, just as this remarkable insect thrives in the harshest of environments through adaptation, resourcefulness, and unity.

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[critterishere]

What is that😟😟eeuughh!!!!😤😣🤢🤩

[devilgirl7]

Hello Bug Fables, Hollow Knight, or any other bug game fans! I’ve compiled a list of some cool bugs that could make some really neat ocs!

1- Windmill Butterfly

2- Pink Leaf Beetle

3- Blue carpenter bee

4- Cuckoo wasp

5- Garden tiger moth

6- Picasso moth

7- Spiny orb-weaver

8- Giant mesquite bug

9- Trilobite beetle

10- Scarlet isopod

I will DEFINITELY be adding more. Feel free to reblog with your own cool bugs!

[ssseriema]

SERI I FOUND A COOL BUG IN SCHOOL!!! MAY I KNOW WHAT IT IS

HELLO!! that looks kind of like a giant mesquite bug thank you mer myrmica

[fatchance]

Bugs: Giant mesquite bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) at Ash Canyon. 

[kyanve]

I live in the southwest desert. I have had a few people joke about calling me when there's weird bugs/etc. at their home to deal with them, and DID become the go to in the hospital for collecting "weird spiders/bugs" and releasing them outside.

Impromptu teaching lectures while say, free-handling a wasp or carrying a three inch solpugid in a beaker never get old, tbh, or even just talking up how much so many maligned creatures AREN'T monsters.

...and sometimes tired ".........................the only way this could hurt me is if I tried to eat it" while 'rescuing' a bunch of nurses from a giant mesquite bug by calmly putting my hand in front of it for it to climb on to relocate it from their picnic table to one of the local mesquite trees.

IT IS WORTH IT! IT IS WONDERFUL to see people at *least* start grasping that even if they're scared shitless of it, it's not a threat to them and does a lot of good!

The more I research about conservation, the more I cannot STAND climate doomerism.

"Ough oof we're all gonna die, everything is going extinct, blaaaahhh"

Meanwhile there are so many efforts and projects that are like "Blease...volunteers...interested homeowners.......random individuals who care.....pleas..........literally begging........."

[purplespottedservals]

Mesquite bug, referenced from this photo by @textless

[todaysbug]

July 19th, 2022

Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus)

The giant mesquite bug inhabits the Sonoran desert from southwestern Arizona to northern Mexico, also found in New Mexico and Texas. It is a leaf-footed bug of the true bug order. As their name suggests, these insects live and feed primarily on mesquite trees, on which they remain throughout their life cycle. Large clusters of these bugs feed on the soft tissues of the tree, such as new leaves, seed pods and young stems. Nymphs are brightly-coloured in red, white and black, while the adults' palette is more subdued.

The giant mesquite's first line of defense is the employment of noxious chemicals, especially among nymphs, which deter potential predators from eating them. The chemical's composition changes as the insect ages; nymphs produce various hexenals, while adults produce hexanal, hexanol and hexyl acetate. 4-oxo-(E)-2-hexenal, produced by immature giant mesquite bugs, is a cytotoxin and mutagen which works primarily as an insecticide. It can kill insects much bigger than the juvenile, such as mantises and tarantulas! It is suggested that the symbiotic bacteria Wolbachia are necessary to the production of this cytotoxin, but the exact mechanism is still unknown.

On the topic of helpful bacteria, the symbiotic bacterium Burkholderia is of large importance to the digestive health of the giant mesquite bug, contributing to nymphs' survival. This bacteria is absent in the eggs and some young nymphs, suggesting that it is acquired sometime after hatching!

[harvestheart]

Giant Mesquite Bugs (Thasus acutangulus)

Giant Mesquite Bugs (Thasus acutangulus)

[bowelfly]

giant mesquite bug nymphs, Thasus neocalifornicus, near Patagonia AZ, 2016

[the-firebird69]

Huge huge huge parties have developed giant areas the flooding it with best of times whiskey and drinking it like its water and people have fruit drinks and other things he makes most of the drinking a straight there very hammered there's tons of debauchery it's very evil what's going on there and we're containing them it says we will say is are you going to just exterminators and they say we're going to go after you and they try and go after us and they die but really most of them try and go to the holes and they drive off and they're in big rigs and they take all the trucks and stuff and tanks and go right up to it and gets sucked in and doing it way up North his son is very appreciative and is wondering if he came up with the idea. It says no it was your idea looks like a dummy came up with it I was thinking at first that's all these idiots running out there I said you know what I'm thinking because I'm a dummy I think you might want to put you in charge. Darth Maul Darth Talon, I'm handling the big humongous barbecue which we're going to now add to the whiskey party and we're going to put whiskey dressing of the meats it's been done and we'll have mesquite just by the huge buttload gigantic gigantic gigantic once and huge bonfires cooking meats. I agree it's a good idea he says thank you for the assignment this is ridiculous I'm going to do it.

And if you want to try and get beer over there so instead of these huge vats of beer now and the whiskey is flowing and marijuana tons of it there's all sorts of concerts to now I have this huge food then going on giant amounts of meat mostly meat people of the meat so it's going to be a gigantic show going on now. Tons of huge racks of ribs beef ribs pork ribs chicken big chicken stew big chicken legs baked chicken breast and of course Stars and of course there's also tons of corn and huge things of hamburger Giant hamburgers big huge hot dogs and steaks you would not imagine there's so much steak also it's a different cuts no it's all decent cuts and the rest of the meat is being used as ground beef then we just cut all the good cuts out and we throw the rest into her grinder and we ship it off would you eat at site tons of ground beef coming out of the market huge amounts and a big chunk of that is being used for hamburgers up there nursing to make certain sirloin steak butt we think we can do that and put it into sandwiches so I got to start doing that steak sandwiches people love those by the way onions green peppers cheese giant things of beer they like four stories high they're probably sixty feet high and 30 feet wide and they're double insulated plastic and it's disposable and it's huge everybody is going there and drinking giant bugs big huge party picthures. People using barrels lot of the people use those Gatorade things we got the idea so bring a whole bunch of those out and a disposable and they're grabbing them faster than we can bring them out so I can bring out huge trucks and just dumped into the pile and then grab it on my jeans is a huge party it's attracting more and more people right now if you added all those areas up it's probably 100 million non alien nun alien and it is a massive crowd that's all them together and they're going in a stream to the whole there's a huge crowd there now and this giant parties out the middle of nowhere his massive bonfires and the cooking big humongous States and pieces of meat and tons of people are eating them and it's just a huge party huge party there's a bunch of vegetables there too but okay huge things are fries or people just grab them with the tongs let's do the x cookie gets beat up a lot it's naked touching himself

He was suggesting a cookie toss is that happens strict rules and guidelines

Thor Freya

[therottenkingsreckoning]

Update: did a lil research and it's apparently a giant mesquite bug! Neat!

TW BUG

I just found this really cool looking bug outside at my work. Fairly big, legspan would probably be a bit smaller than my palm.

I didn't wanna get too close cus I am kinda scared of bugs, but at the same time it's so cool looking! Can anyone help me find out what it is?

[niviria]

Giant Mesquite bug, Tomatoes and Pickling Cucumbers! (at Sierra Vista, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrwTiDlK14/?igshid=pmg35hcw4duf

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